Amanda's commonplace book

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16549, Amanda's commonplace book, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:

0.03 Cubic Feet 1 letter size folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

MSS 16549, Amanda's commonplace book, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Amanda's commonplace book album consists of 13 pages used for inscriptions and verse, a majority of them with the location "Germantown [PA]." Amanda's full name is not known.

Acquisition information:

This collection was purchased from David Hamilton, Americana Books, by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on April 12, 2018.

Physical facet:

commonplace book

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Commonplace books